Africa Defense Forum
ADF is a professional military magazine published quarterly by U.S. Africa Command to provide an international forum for African security professionals. ADF covers topics such as counter terrorism strategies, security and defense operations, transnational crime, and all other issues affecting peace, stability, and good governance on the African continent.
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The recent attack on a Malian Army base near the community of Aguelhok was the latest example of insurgent groups…
Yusuf was 5 years old on the night that Islamic State group terrorists on motorcycles raided his village and took…
Secret meetings, fake documents, smear campaigns and paid local influencers. These were some of the tools that Russian agents used…
Al-Shabaab’s attack last October on the Godka Jilacow prison in Mogadishu took place with the help of foreign fighters from…
The defense partnership between Kenya and France reached a new phase in mid-March when three French warships and more than…
Four Chinese fishing vessels in late February were found operating illegally inside South Africa’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and territorial…
Algeria expanded African nations’ presence in space this year with the launch of two satellites in two weeks in January.…
The Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) said a Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) airstrike that killed at least seven people and…
As they seek to exert more control over portions of northeastern Nigeria, terrorist groups have attacked military outposts across the…
A series of explosions in Bujumbura, Burundi’s economic capital, began around 6:15 p.m. on March 31 and did not end…
Social media companies have uncovered an effort by Russia to create a fake expert to spread false information in Africa.…
Islamic State’s recent attack on a Chinese-owned gold mine along the Ituri River in the Democratic Republic of the Congo…